Author Archives: randomshelly

I'm a wife, mother & all about family & friends… I have great ones. I’m opinionated. A smartass. A snarky, honest, curious, loyal enigma of a woman with a touch of OCD. I’m all about symmetry, matching & organization. Nothing wrong with that!

Declaration

This is a little declaration about me…  free form style… I am an introvert. I will not try to be an extrovert ever again.  It’s too tiring, too hard and too stupid. I’m not shy. I’m not reserved. I’m not a bitch ….(mostly) I don’t like small talk. I’m a decent conversationalist in small groups.  I can talk…

Progress…

An update on my new job.  My new job – which is becoming me again – a healthy, anxiety free me – has been interesting. I have been taking my shakes (STILL LOVE BTW – YUM) I have still been pursuing my goal of becoming a black belt (I have 4 testing cycles left, barring…

It’s Monday

First of all, let me start out with a couple of quotes from my son on Christmas morning… At 7:20 am (can you believe we got to sleep that late?) “Mom, Dad, there are so many presents under the tree… and I think they are all mine…  come look” He put all of his gifts…

Screaming…

I have been quiet.  Probably too quiet. I don’t think anyone around me REALLY knows how close I have been to losing it.  I have been hanging on with everything that I have.  I want to scream.  I want to hide.  I am probably millimeters away from springing that last thread that is keeping me…

Weeks 6 and 7

HELLO!!  so…. I forgot to post an update for my 90-day Body by Vi Challenge – so I am combining 2 weeks here. Really, though, all of these posts seem to be the same.  I HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY and I FEEL SO indescribably GOOD.  These shakes are so yummy and I’m still craving my…

10 Reasons I shouldn’t write my autobiography

It has just begun. My Grandmother is still alive and she just doesn’t need to know those things. Where would I start? It would be a saga and who wants to read that. Parts of it are too painful to write. Parts of it I don’t remember. I don’t want to be named in a…

7 worst things to say to someone who just got dumped

You’re better off without them. I didn’t like them anyway. It’s not you, it’s them. Would you mind if I went out with them? Now you’ll have time to write that novel. You were still going out with them? What did you do? This short post brought to you by a creative writing prompt –…

NaNoWriMo

For those out there who are writers, wanna be writers, or know writers, you may know about NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Every November, there are “Thirty days and nights of literary abandon”.  What that means is – You write, you just write.  Bang out a novel in a month. While I have not officially…

Week 5

Wow – I really can’t believe that 5 weeks have already gone by!  This week I did not lose any weight, but my clothes are still pretty loose and I can see a little more definition in my muscles – and as I type that – I’m kicking myself and thinking “Can you only imagine…

Week 4

Wow – I can’t believe week 4 is over – and I am 1/3 the way through this challenge. Every single day I am amazed at how I feel.  I love that my clothes are getting loose – I love that I went to a wedding this weekend and looked good, got lots of compliments…